GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

 

 

SESSION LAW 2013-176

HOUSE BILL 408

 

 

AN ACT to prohibit the discharge of a firearm or bow and arrow from the right-of-way in beaufort county.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  It is unlawful to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow, or to attempt to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow, from, on, across, or over the roadway or right-of-way of any public road.

SECTION 2.  Violation of the provisions of this act is punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.

SECTION 3.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.

SECTION 4.  This act applies only to Beaufort County.

SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2013, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of June, 2013.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Philip E. Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives